PHMSA Report 20220031
PHMSA Report 20220031
Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in STANTON, MARTIN COUNTY County, TX. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 4 CRUDE OIL released, $11,240 reported property damage. Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. Records may be supplemented or corrected and do not represent final agency causal findings.
Report number: 20220031.
Operator ID: 15851.
Reported incident date: 4/7/2022 7:48.
Cause detail: DEFECTIVE OR LOOSE TUBING OR FITTING
Cause detail: OIL WAS DETECTED LEAKING FROM DELEK NON-REGULATED GATHERING CHEVRON VIOLET EAST LACT STATION AT 7:48 AM ON APRIL 7, BY A 3RD PARTY PUMPER. PUMPER CONTACTED DELEK PIPELINE OPERATOR, WHO CONTACTED THE CONTROL CENTER. PUMP STATION WAS SHUTDOWN AT 8:13 AM. THE RELEASE SOURCE WAS A 3/8 TUBING CONNECTION THAT CAME LOOSE ON THE BACK PRESSURE SENSE VALVE LINE. VIBRATION THROUGH TUBING RUN IS BELIEVED TO BE THE PRIMARY CAUSE FOR THE CONNECTION FAILURE. THE TUBING RUN WAS REPLACED, WITH MULTIPLE BENDS ADDED TO ADD FLEXIBILITY TO THE TUBING. A NEW CONTROL VALVE ACTUATOR THAT UTILIZES NITROGEN VS PRODUCT PRESSURE HAS BEEN ORDERED TO REMOVE THE NEED FOR TUBING.
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